[CTRL] Court Halts Suit Vs. Cheney Task Force

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two steps forward and one step back...  Wonder what kind of arm-twisting
worked on the judge this time?

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A federal appeals court indefinitely delayed Monday's deadline for the White House to produce task force documents or provide a detailed list of the documents it is withholding. The two-page order said the court will schedule a date for arguments on whether to step into the case and consider the administration's request to put a halt to producing documents and providing testimony. Two private groups, Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club, have sued, demanding the task force reveal documents about its meetings with industry representatives in formulating a plan that calls for expanded oil and gas drilling on public land and easing regulatory barriers to building nuclear power plants. Government lawyers have argued the documents should be withheld because they are part of the deliberative process. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan originally sought the documents by Nov. 5, but extended the deadline. 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